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Sculpted pulsed indium atomic beams via selective laser ablation of thin film

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2006

KAMLESH ALTI  and
ALIKA KHARE
KAMLESH ALTI
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
ALIKA KHARE
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
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Abstract

We present a novel experiment for the generation of sculpted pulsed indium atomic beams of regular arrays in one and two-dimensions via rear side ablation of indium by two and four beams interference pattern using second harmonic of high power Nd: YAG laser under high vacuum (10−5 Torr).

Keywords

High power interferometerLaser ablationSculpted pulsed atomic beams
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 469 - 473
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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